BumbleBee Roasts Its Way to Domain Admin
In this intrusion from April 2022, the threat actors used BumbleBee as the initial access vector. BumbleBee is a malware loader that was first reported by Google Threat Analysis Group … Read More
SELECT XMRig FROM SQLServer
In March 2022, we observed an intrusion on a public-facing Microsoft SQL Server. The end goal of this intrusion was to deploy a coin miner. Although deploying a coin miner … Read More
SANS Ransomware Summit 2022, Can You Detect This?
This report is a companion to the SANS Ransomware Summit 2022 “Can You Detect This” presentation today 6/16/22 @ 14:40 UTC (10:40 AM ET). Slides: SANS Ransomware Summit 2022 – … Read More
Will the Real Msiexec Please Stand Up? Exploit Leads to Data Exfiltration
In this multi-day intrusion, we observed a threat actor gain initial access to an organization by exploiting a vulnerability in ManageEngine SupportCenter Plus. The threat actor, discovered files on the … Read More
SEO Poisoning – A Gootloader Story
In early February 2022, we witnessed an intrusion employing Gootloader (aka GootKit) as the initial access vector. The intrusion lasted two days and comprised discovery, persistence, lateral movement, collection, defense … Read More
Quantum Ransomware
In one of the fastest ransomware cases we have observed, in under four hours the threat actors went from initial access, to domain wide ransomware. The initial access vector for … Read More
Stolen Images Campaign Ends in Conti Ransomware
In this intrusion from December 2021, the threat actors utilized IcedID as the initial access vector. IcedID is a banking trojan that first appeared in 2017, usually, it is delivered … Read More
APT35 Automates Initial Access Using ProxyShell
In December 2021, we observed an adversary exploiting the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerabilities to gain initial access and execute code via multiple web shells. The overlap of activities and tasks … Read More
2021 Year In Review
As we come to the end of the first quarter of 2022, we want to take some time to look back over our cases from 2021, in aggregate, and look … Read More
Qbot and Zerologon Lead To Full Domain Compromise
In this intrusion (from November 2021), a threat actor gained its initial foothold in the environment through the use of Qbot (a.k.a. Quakbot/Qakbot) malware. Soon after execution of the Qbot … Read More